Edison pays the price for mistakes
The California Public Utilities Commission has slammed Southern California Edison Co. with a $30 million fine and orders to refund more than $81 million to customers. The record fine was levied at the conclusion of a probe into Edison’s shady practices in winning maximum rewards for customer satisfaction from 1997 through 2003. Those rewards were Read More →
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Business and political leaders in San Luis Obispo have shown a lot of moxie lately in their battle to restore air service to the county’s regional airport. After flying to Dallas in a vain attempt to get American Airlines to restore commuter service to Los Angeles, they remained undaunted. And their efforts were rewarded in Read More →
SLO jail may get $25M
More than $25 million toward expanding the women’s jail in San Luis Obispo may be on its way, Chief Deputy Rob Reid said Sept. 22. Reid said the grant is a key step toward going forward with the jail, which could cost up to $40 million. If the county meets conditions set by various state Read More →
Hospital may move ahead
In a letter to officials in Ventura County, federal prison health-care receiver J. Clark Kelso informed them he has decided to proceed with an environmental impact review to build a 1,500-bed adult prison hospital in Camarillo. Kelso said he will file a notice within four weeks that will start the environmental review process, which will Read More →
U.S. Airways to more than double SLO airport flights
The San Luis Obispo County Air Transportation Alliance announced Sept. 22 that U.S. Airways will soon more than double the service it provides at San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport. Alliance representatives, Economic Vitality Corporation President Mike Manchak, San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce President David Garth and airport manager Klaasje Nairne, met with top Read More →
Seeking office: Business owners tackling municipal politics
Small-business owners can do many things: create jobs, make payroll and turn a profit, or at least break even, in trying times. But can they do all that while juggling city politics? Two tri-county small-business owners – Don Gilman in Goleta and Sylvia Muñoz Schnopp in Port Hueneme – are betting they can. Both are Read More →
Josh Kane leaves the nest, tries spreading his own wings
Josh Kane, long known as an owner of Santa Barbara-based The Apartment Specialists [now called TAS Commercial], has flown the coop and built a new nest for himself in Ventura, leading a satellite office for national commercial brokerage Sperry Van Ness. Kane’s real estate career was hatched alongside TAS owner and founder Craig Lieberman. While Read More →
